The Oklahoma State Department of Education has extended its contract with a Washington, D.C., area public relations firm. Records show the agency hired Vought Strategies last year to book interviews with national media outlets, write op-eds and speeches, and increase state schools Superintendent Ryan Walters’ national exposure. The firm first worked as a vendor, then […]
After a contract process that ended in April in the disqualification of both applications, the Austin school district has signed a new contract with Austin Voices for Education and Youth to run family resource centers at five campuses in North and East Austin. The Austin school board’s decision during a June 20 meeting maintains the […]
LAKEWOOD – The Township Committee has renewed the liquor license for Lake Terrace despite objections from neighbors who claim the catering hall must obtain proper operating permits first. Lake Terrace has been involved in an ongoing battle over its future for several years, most recently before the Zoning Board of Adjustment. The board has been reviewing […]
Girona FC renews its agreement with HYLO® Girona FC has renewed its agreement with Brill Pharma, the pharmaceutical company responsible for the distribution in Spain of the HYLO® range, which belongs to the prestigious German group Ursapharm, for a further three seasons. The HYLO® brand will remain on the sleeve of the playing shirt in […]
(Bloomberg) — Thailand’s central bank remains firm in its opposition to a government plan to give nearly $14 billion in cash to almost all adult citizens to revitalize consumption activity, saying the prudent thing would be to focus on the needy. Most Read from Bloomberg With private consumption forecast to expand about 4% this year […]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The United States renewed a warning Tuesday that it’s obligated to defend its close treaty ally a day after Filipino navy personnel were injured and their supply boats damaged in one of the most serious confrontations between the Philippines and China in a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, officials […]
New Zealand authorities have offered a reward to anyone who can help them find three children who have been missing since their father vanished with them from a remote rural community more than two years ago. The December 2021 disappearance of Tom Phillips and his children — now aged 8, 9 and 10 — has […]
The Ukrainian ambassador to Germany has repeated his call for a defence system against Russian air attacks on western Ukraine to be set up on NATO territory. Oleksii Makeiev wrote in an article for the German news site Zeit Online that Russian missiles and drones should be intercepted by weapon systems located on the other […]
A North Carolina sheriff this week renewed his plea for help solving the 1981 fatal shooting of 19-year-old Rhonda Hinson, killed in a car on Interstate 40 as she returned home from a Christmas party. A combined reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in Hinson’s death has increased to $94,700, Sheriff Banks […]
The European Union’s foreign affairs chief, Josep Borrell, reiterated calls for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of Israeli hostages kidnapped by Hamas, following a meeting with the Palestinian Authority’s new prime minister in Brussels on Sunday. “We must do everything in our power to reach an immediate end of the hostilities, to achieve […]
The European Union’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, reiterated calls for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of Israeli hostages kidnapped by Hamas, following a meeting with the Palestinian Authority’s new prime minister in Brussels on Sunday. “We must do everything in our power to reach an immediate end of the hostilities, to achieve the […]
It was, in the end, an artful compromise. Joe Biden got to speak uninterrupted and renew his pitch to Black voters. Protesters got to make their point by wearing keffiyehs or raising a fist. Even the skies were merciful, hinting at but never quite unleashing rain. And through it all, Sunday’s 140th commencement at Morehouse […]